Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MazaCoin

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Clearly meets Wikipedia's notability standards per the sources provided by User:Agyle in the discussion. (non-admin closure) NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:57, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MazaCoin

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Another non-notable cryptocurrency article. The only claim to notability being "the official currency of the Lakota people" which isn't exactly true either. Lewis Hulbert (talk) 12:42, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Delete~~ - currency is new, would probably be better moved to user space until it has gained more usage and coverage. Jonpatterns (talk) 13:08, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as per Agyle's research (below). Jonpatterns (talk) 13:43, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong Delete - remove ALL non-notable coins from premises. Citation Needed | Talk 20:51, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Just a friendly suggestion to give clear reasons for keeping or deleting an article, for example "keep, met gng with 3 articles in scholarly journals". Reviewers weigh the strengths of arguments, rather than just tally up votes. (Note: Mazacoin does not seem to occur in any scholarly journals or books.) Agyle (talk) 23:43, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Meets WP:GNG based on a significant number of articles in a variety of established media over a one month period. Article is still in bad shape, but can be improved with existing sources. There is some information from the sources seems a little inconsistent (e.g., differences in terminology, inconsistency on "official status", etc.), and these present some challenges in covering the topic, but solutions are possible. As an example, when contradictory information is presented in credible sources, both versions can be presented with in-article attribution. A list of arguably-reliable sources currently used in the article (a couple have trivial-to-minor coverage, but most are primarily about MazaCoin).:

Bradbury, Danny (2014-02-06). "Mazacoin Aims to be Sovereign Altcoin for Native Americans". CoinDesk.
Hamill, Jasper (2014-02-27). "The Battle of Little Bitcoin: Native American tribe launches its own cryptocurrency". Forbes.
Sparkes, Matthew (2014-02-28). "Native Americans adopt bitcoin clone as official currency". The Telegraph.
Vincent, James (2014-03-03). "Mazacoin: Native American tribe adopts bitcoin derivative as 'national currency'". The Independent.
Landry, Alysa (2014-03-03). "9 questions surrounding MazaCoin, the Lakota cryptocurrency: answered". Indian Country Today Media Network.
Jeffries, Adrianne (2014-03-05). "Native American tribes adopt Bitcoin-like currency, prepare to battle US government". The Verge.
Hofman, Adam (2014-03-06). "The dawn of the national currency – an exploration of country-based cryptocurrencies". Bitcoin Magazine.
Vigna, Paul (2014-03-07). "Lakota Indian promotes new digital currency, Mazacoin". The Wall Street Journal.
Ramos, Jairo (2014-03-07). "A Native American tribe hopes digital currency boosts its sovereignty". Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture, and Ethnicity. National Public Radio.
Gaylord, Chris (2014-03-22). "Good Reads: From teacher fundraisers, to an atomic timekeeper, to MazaCoin". The Christian Science Monitor.
Sullivan, Gail (2014-03-26). "Everyone in Iceland just got a free wad of digital cash. Will it save their economy?". The Washington Post.

––Agyle (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per above, if it's being used as an official currency and it has coverage this would pass the GNG. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 12:20, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear, the claim of "official" is murky (several RSs support it, but The WSJ retracted it), and even the legitimacy of a modern "Lakota Nation" seems controversial, an issue that predates Mazacoin. Agyle (talk) 15:58, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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